Timeline

Department of Numerical Mathematics established at the Faculty of Science

1964

Division of Computing Machines established at the Department of Numerical Mathematics (the head of the division doc. Jiří Hořejš)

1968

Operations at the Division of Computing Machines are followed by the establishment of the Department of Computing Machines. Founding of the research methodical centre for information technologies at the Department of Computing Machines.

1970

The merging of the Department of Numerical Mathematics with the Department of Computing Machines creates the Department of Applied Mathematics

1974

Classes of Informatics commence at the Faculty of Science

1979

University Institute for Computer Science established, doc. Jiří Hořejš becomes its first director

1987

Division of Mathematical Informatics established at the Department of Applied Mathematics

1989

Department of Mathematical Informatics established

1993

Creation of an autonomous section of Informatics at the Faculty of Science;
Committee authorised by rector E. Schmidt sets in motion the establishment of the Faculty of Informatics

1994

Establishment of the Faculty of Informatics with its first dean being doc. Jiří Zlatuška

1995

Transition of the faculty to a credit system of studies; celebration of the first honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Informatics being awarded to Donald Ervin Knut, a professor at Stanford University; organisation of the international conference Gödel 96, devoted to Kurt Gödel, a prominent logician born in Brno

1996

First ball at the Faculty of Informatics. The Faculty is moved to its own site at Botanická 68a Street

1999

Reconstruction for the requirements of the faculty at Botanická 68a finished